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Las Cruces Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … organization that obtained methamphetamine from Arizona and Texas and distributed the drugs in Otero and Doña Ana …
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U.S. Attorney’s Office Indicts 14 For Acadiana Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

… amounts of crystal methamphetamine from Houston, Texas into the communities of New Iberia, Louisiana,” said … in the 20-count indictment are: Gary Hunt, 58, of Spendora, Texas; Elliot Jolet, 34, of New Iberia, La.; Anita … Jolet and Desormeaux purchased methamphetamine from Hunt in Texas and other sources and then transported it to the South …
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Claremont Woman And Son Among Four Charged In Conspiracy Related To ‘Purple Drank’ Distribution

… and often-abused cough syrup from Southern California to Texas, where it was distributed under street names such as … Lamont Crawford, 38, of Houston, was arrested in Texas in October after being named in an indictment that … the promethazine, Uy allegedly had the drug shipped to Texas. The indictment alleges that Crawford and Manigault …
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18 Operation Trena Sin Trono Defendants Plead Guilty

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov LAREDO, Texas - A total of 18 defendants have entered guilty pleas …
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Jury Finds Warehouse Manager And Truck Driver Guilty In Drug Conspiracy

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov LAREDO, Texas - A federal jury sitting in Laredo convicted two …
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Houston Doctor And Pharmacist Guilty In Pill Distribution Network Dispensed Approximately 1.6 Million Dosage Units Of Oxycodone In A Two-year-period

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Service, Department of Health and Human Services and the Texas State Board of Pharmacy conducted the investigation, …
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Former Gulf Cartel Plaza Bosses Receive Long Prison Sentences

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jose Luis Zuniga-Hernandez, 47, aka Wicho or XW or …
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Last Of 14 Defendants In Acadiana Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Sentenced

… States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Texas man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for his role … and the surrounding areas. Gary Hunt, 60, of Splendora, Texas, was sentenced by a U.S. District Judge on one count … both of New Iberia, purchased methamphetamine from Hunt in Texas and then transported it to the south central Louisiana …
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Former U.S. Army Captain Pleads Guilty To Importing Heroin From Afghanistan Into The United States

… trafficking offense on August 9, 2012, lived in Killeen, Texas. During his plea hearing, Thomas admitted that on two … of (approximately 140 grams) to Kelvin Cook in Killeen, Texas, in the summer of 2010. Thomas sold the heroin, which … United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Six other individuals remain in custody in Panama. …
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Key defendant in Operation Snowplow drug trafficking investigation sentenced to two decades in federal prison

… kilogram-quantities of cocaine and other drugs from Texas and California in February and March 2018. The drugs … of 25 kilograms of cocaine that had been driven from Texas to a hotel in Richmond Hill, Ga., concealed inside a …
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Top Dealer in Han Gil Case Pleads Guilty

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.   Eric Dewayne Freeman, aka “Stuff,” …
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Missouri Residents Indicted in Cocaine Conspiracy

… Federal Agents Seized 16 Kilos of Cocaine from Texas Defendants SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Three southwest Missouri … kilograms of cocaine while arresting two co-defendants in Texas. Mario Jose Castillo, 55, of Springfield, Mo.; … 40, a citizen of Mexico, both residing in Grand Prairie, Texas, were charged in a 10-count superseding indictment …
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DEA’s OD Justice Devotes Critical Resources to Fatal Drug Poisoning and Overdose Death Investigations Across the United States

… of this important investigative work include: Portland, Texas: Arielle Spears survived a fentanyl overdose in Portland, Texas, but suffered life-altering injuries, including the … to indictments on drug and weapons charges. El Paso, Texas: An investigation into the fentanyl poisoning death of …
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Fleeing Felon Sent to Prison for Firearm and Meth

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 41-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to …
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Imprisoned for International Cocaine Distribution Scheme

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … with their affiliates and that impact Houston and south Texas.   Assistant U.S. Attorneys Casey N. MacDonald and …
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Former Mexican Governor and Presidential Candidate Sentenced for Money Laundering

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Green Tide with the assistance of IRS – CI, DEA, FBI and Texas Attorney General’s Office. It included agents and …
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19 Indicted in Eastern Oklahoma on Federal Charges for Methamphetamine and Weapons

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … distributed throughout Northeastern Oklahoma, and parts of Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri.  This investigation has had a …
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Former Angels Communications Director Eric Kay Sentenced to 22 Years in Tyler Skaggs Overdose Case

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … City - (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 Fort Worth, Texas - Ex- Los Angeles Angels employee Eric Kay was …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … for the trafficking of illegal drugs into and through West Texas and New Mexico will be held responsible for the harm …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … for the trafficking of illegal drugs into and through West Texas and New Mexico will be held responsible for the harm …
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Chinese Citizen Charged with Massive Anabolic Steroid and Fentanyl Precursor Chemical Distribution Scheme

… Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community … 324-8505 DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 … - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas has filed federal charges against one of the world’s …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … El Paso Division. “We thank everyone in El Paso, West Texas, and New Mexico who brought us their medications for …
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Multiple sentences imposed in massive synthetic narcotics distribution network

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Department, sheriff’s offices in Harris and Polk counties, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and the Montgomery …
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Twenty one defendants face federal methamphetamine and cocaine conspiracy charges

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … Austin Police Department, Cedar Park Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety, Hays County Sheriff’s …
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Pawan Kumar Jain Arrested On Charges Of Unlawfully Dispensing Prescription Drugs And Health Care Fraud

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … by the DEA’s Tactical Diversion Team in El Paso, Texas and the FBI’s Healthcare Fraud Unit with assistance …
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Las Cruces Man Pleads Guilty To Participating In Dona Ana County Cocaine Trafficking Ring

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … to pick up five ¼ kilogram packages of cocaine in El Paso, Texas, and deliver the drugs to him in Las Cruces; ·         …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Life In Prison In Connection With Murder-For-Hire Plot

… Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Michelle … Rincon (571) 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov EL PASO, Texas - Emmanuel Velasco Gurrola, 30, was sentenced to life …
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High-Ranking Gulf Cartel Leader Extradited To United States

… Eagle Pass, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem … and marijuana by motor vehicles from Mexico to cities in Texas for distribution to other cities within the United …
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Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Criminal Enterprise, Drug, And Money-Laundering Charges

… The investigation was conducted by DEA offices in New York, Texas, and Guadalajara, Mexico, and ICE/HSI, in New York, … Gueros’ supply route originated in Mexico, stretched into Texas, and branched off to various points within the United … into the United States through Laredo and McAllen, Texas. The superseding indictment alleges that, for the …
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Jose Morales Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murdering A Witness In A Baltimore City Case

… 262 month sentences for drug convictions in Maryland and Texas.   The sentence was announced by Assistant Special … on unrelated drug trafficking charges in August 2008 in Texas.  He was convicted and sentenced to 22 years in … agents in Maryland to proffer him in order to reduce his Texas sentence, Morales stated that a DMI member and the …